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Dissecting Speaker Boehner's Big Gavel
(It's said that Garner ordered an "unbreakable" gavel made of black walnut after that ... made of timber dating back to the burning of the White House in 1814. One interesting thing to note ...
The Washington Post5y
Southern Baptist president wants to retire famed gavel named for slave holder
A spokesman for Greear said the gavel is the SBC’s version ... for the seminary as “in a white man’s country.” He concluded that “supposed black moral inferiority was connected to ...
The Houma Courier7y
'Gavel gap': Louisiana's judiciary mostly white and male, except in one parish
At the federal level, where judges are appointed, the gavel gap appears to be growing under President Donald Trump. Since taking office he has nominated six white ... have had black women as ...
Cleveland.com2y
‘Gavel gap’ persists for Black women, despite Ketanji Brown Jackson’s appointment to the Supreme Court: Marilyn Greenwald
In 1930, there were only 25 Black women attorneys in this country. Carter remained loyal to Dewey, and Dewey spoke highly of her in interviews. When he ran for governor, it was Carter, a ...
The Advocate7y
'Gavel gap': Louisiana's judiciary mostly white and male, except in one parish…
At the federal level, where judges are appointed, the gavel gap appears to be growing under President Donald Trump. Since taking office he has nominated six white ... have had black women as ...